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| Best recording Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 4 The recording by Michelangeli with the Ravel and Rach 4; it is the Ravel Concerto that the Penguin guide is praising, not the Rachmaninov. It is worth getting for the Ravel for sure. | |
| Backing Away from Stereophile Class A I can agree to #1 in my case so far. Most would feel the speakers are the weak link in all four of my systems, but everytime I try something better it sounds worse. I think it is more a case of having a well balanced system, where each component g... | |
| The best Carl Orff Carmina Burana? Yes, please do a search. This questions been asked about a dozen times. All the answers are the same or similar. | |
| Subwoofer choices under 1K . NHT, Def, SVS REL Q150E | |
| What's under YOUR CD player? Vibrapods under; 5 lbs of sand on top. | |
| Best Sub for CDM-1 Yes, if it is in your budget you won't be disapointed in the Stratus III. If where you heard the REL was Tweeter, those folks are clueless.If you can find a used B&W ASW-800 sub it is worth a try. It is the "Matrix" subwoofer which went with t... | |
| Best recording Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 4 I would probably go with the Ashkenazy/Previn.Also get the complete cycle played by Rachmaninov himself if you don't already have it. Obviously sonically poor (1930s vintage), but well worth the listen for interpretation. Can't beat the original s... | |
| Vintage Tuner Comments Matty,The follow two websites (mentioned above) are the best sources. None better. There is also a tuner club on Yahoo Groups.http://www.geocities.com/tunerinfo/http://www.amfmdx.net/fmdx/tuners.htmlI think you will find that the Kenwood KT-6500 a... | |
| Audio stores in Washington DC??? Whether Soundworks folks are stuck-up or not I don't know. Anyway, you better drop in there for the simple reason they have by far the largest selection of decent gear to sample in the area.Check out their website....http://www.soundworksonline.com/ | |
| anyone know who caught the baton in your opinion? Conductor Ben Zander's mentor starting in childhood was Benjamin Britten, however Zander has not done much in the composing department. Other than teaching, since Zander is doing a lot of conducting he literally caught the baton, Ha! | |
| Hi end audio who cares It is the same reason the general public thinks that Andrea Bocelli and Charlotte Church are great opera singers. Hype. | |
| Next upgrade for vinyl rookie Doing some Tweeks like some mentioned above are a good idea before dishing out more money. Do you have a proper alignment tool? If not, getting the cartridge aligned is the first stop before passing judgement on your current setup. | |
| anyone know who caught the baton in your opinion? Benjamin Britten....but then who after Britten?? | |
| Best upgrade ever: cryo outlet for my refrigerator PS...I have experienced the effect of replacing an outlet in another room that came right before the outlet the TV is plugged into. The TV picture got a little sharper, so I can believe what you say.Many home outlets for ease of installation reaso... | |
| Buying a used amp for $2500 with out auditioning Sim Audio Moon W-5 or the Blue Circle BC-26. |